Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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